Yesterday I posted pictures of the Loire Valley's largest and grandest 16th-century châteaux, Chambord. Today I have a few photos of a much smaller château that is a short drive south of Chambord and 10 miles north of Saint-Aignan. It's the Château de Villesavin. We went there with a friend from California to see it in the spring of 2006.
Villesavin was built a residence for the family of King François 1er's finance minister in the the years (1527-37) following the completion of François's "hunting lodge" — that's him on the right above.
Other parts of the château complex at Villesavin are not so grand. I like the shot of the woman taking out the trash. I just read on Wikipédia that the family that lives at Villesavin now is the third generation of the family to occupy the place. More tomorrow...
Looks interesting. The rich were very rich back then, sort of like nowadays but at least most of us have smart phones nowadays lol.
ReplyDeleteOh, another for François Ier … I love these photos!
ReplyDeleteLovely place...I like the smaller scale it seems more relatable.
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